By Steve Neavling
Ticklethewire.com
Bill Priestap, the assistant director of the FBI’s counterintelligence division, is retiring by the end of the year.
Priestap was among the bureau’s top officials tasked with overseeing investigations involving the 2016 presidential campaign, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The 20-year veteran of the bureau began his career investigating organized crime and drug cases in Chicago before ascending the ranks following the Sept. 11, 2o01, terrorist attacks.
A person familiar with the retirement said Priest’s departure has nothing to do with the controversies surrounding the presidential election investigations.
He “became eligible to retire and has chosen to do so after 20 years of service,” the FBI said in a statement.
